Welcome to EuCAP 2020 on-line

Dear Colleagues,

EuCAP 2020, the 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, should have taken place March 15 - 20 in Copenhagen at the strait of Øresund connecting Denmark and Sweden.    The Conference Organizing Committee had prepared for this since 2016 with great devotion and enthusiasm; and we were happy and ready to welcome more than 1500 participants, more than 50 exhibitors, more than 25 sponsors, and more than 1200 technical-scientific presentations.  It would have been a fantastic week of EuCAP. 

Instead, it became the week where most societies across the world came to an almost standstill. The dreadful Corona virus has caused governments to close borders, to prohibit assemblies of people, and to shut down most human activities.  These are very challenging times, and people must obviously prioritize the health and safety of their families and the continuance of their jobs and businesses.

However, in order to honour all the preparatory work and to serve the antennas and propagation community, we try to recover as much as possible of EuCAP 2020 on-line.  Several elements - such as Best Paper Award sessions, Short Courses, and Industrial Workshops - will take place live on-line, while many other elements - such as the technical-scientific papers and presentations - will be accessible on-line. 

This is a new situation and it takes time to establish a properly functioning on-line EuCAP 2020 with the conference homepage www.eucap2020.org being the entry point.  Some elements are already implemented and the rest will follow during April.  We keep all conference participants informed of the progress through emails and the news section of the homepage.

We hope that you will make good use of the on-line EuCAP 2020.  It is certainly not the same experience, as it would have been attending EuCAP 2020 in person.  However, it still does reflect our strong antennas and propagation community – our proud history and our exciting future.  In addition, the on-line EuCAP 2020 may point to future developments of EuCAP ensuring that it remains Europe’s largest and most significant antennas and propagation conference.

I wish you a great on-line EuCAP 2020!

Sincerely

Olav Breinbjerg

EuCAP 2020 Chair